The City will credit eligible full-time employees with sick leave accrued while with a previous public employer up to a maximum of 150 days (1200 hours), except as otherwise provided in a current collective bargaining agreement. For regular part-time employees, credit for sick leave accrued while with a previous public employer may be considered at the discretion of the City Manager.

It is the employee’s responsibility to provide sufficient documentation of accrued sick leave while with a previous public employer to the Human Resources Department in order to be considered for accrued sick leave credit.

SICK LEAVE PAYMENT UPON RETIREMENT:

Any employee eligible to retire and to receive retirement benefits under the provisions of the Ohio Public Employee's Retirement System, the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, or any other public retirement plan of the State of Ohio and has accumulated sick leave of sixty (60) days (480 hours) or more, will be compensated upon the basis of one day's (8 hours) pay for every three (3) days (24 hours) of accumulated sick leave at the rate of employee’s current pay. If an employee has accumulated one hundred twenty (120) days (960 hours) of sick leave or more, the employee, or his or her beneficiary, will be compensated at retirement or death at one day's (8 hours) pay for each two (2) days (16 hours) of accumulated sick leave, not to exceed a payout of (75) days (600 hours), on the same terms as outlined above, but in place of the formula outlined above. In the event that an employee is eligible for the full (75) days (600 hours) payout, any excess sick leave above (150) days (1200 hours) shall not be compensated.

Section 8.10 - Administrative Leave. The City Manager may place an employee on administrative leave, with or without pay, for an indefinite period of time. Administrative leave may be used in the best interests of the city during a pending investigation or other administrative proceeding.

Section 8.11 - Donated Sick Leave. The purpose of this policy is to assist full-time employees and regular part-time employees when they have exhausted all paid leave benefits, and as result of a catastrophic illness or injury to themselves or their immediate family (i.e. spouse and children who live in the same household), and need additional time off from work. This program is not intended to supersede nor replace other retirement or disability programs.

In order to request the use of donated sick leave, an employee, immediate family members, or other employees acting on behalf of an injured or ill employee, must complete a Sick Leave Donation Request Form available from the personnel department. The request must include: 1) the nature of the illness or injury; 2) medical documentation of the illness or injury; 3) estimated duration of the condition; and, 4) a specific number of hours requested from the sick leave bank.

Recipients:

1. All full-time and regular part-time employees are eligible to make application for the use of donated sick leave.